Snapshot: Democrats as percent of voters 2010

Snapshot: Democrats as a % of voters, 2010

By Matt Carroll, Boston Globe | Dec. 8, 2011

Cambridge, Provincetown, and Fall River have the highest percent of voters who are Democrats, according to information from the state. Many towns with the low percents are in western Massachusetts. The data is from 2010.

Community	Democrat %	Rank	Registered voters	Democrats
ABINGTON	28.90%	145	10,468	3,022
ACTON	28.20%	155	13,767	3,881
ACUSHNET	36.80%	59	7,476	2,748
ADAMS	36.20%	66	5,996	2,171
AGAWAM	29.90%	129	20,902	6,247
ALFORD	39.30%	46	392	154
AMESBURY	27.90%	159	11,847	3,311
AMHERST	49.50%	14	17,508	8,675
ANDOVER	26.70%	178	22,606	6,028
AQUINNAH	34.90%	80	393	137
ARLINGTON	47.80%	17	29,421	14,062
ASHBURNHAM	23.50%	247	4,238	995
ASHBY	16.20%	344	2,379	385
ASHFIELD	31.20%	113	1,311	409
ASHLAND	28.40%	152	10,577	3,005
ATHOL	23.10%	253	6,598	1,527
ATTLEBORO	26.10%	188	25,988	6,774
AUBURN	29.80%	133	11,624	3,464
AVON	33.70%	98	3,041	1,024
AYER	25.20%	199	4,905	1,238
BARNSTABLE	25.10%	204	31,168	7,811
BARRE	25.60%	195	3,445	881
BECKET	27.90%	159	1,263	352
BEDFORD	28.00%	157	9,430	2,640
BELCHERTOWN	29.30%	137	9,332	2,737
BELLINGHAM	27.90%	159	10,543	2,941
BELMONT	36.60%	62	16,594	6,068
BERKLEY	23.70%	235	4,201	996
BERLIN	19.40%	321	2,014	390
BERNARDSTON	18.40%	334	1,542	283
BEVERLY	27.70%	166	24,843	6,893
BILLERICA	30.20%	123	24,526	7,408
BLACKSTONE	29.00%	142	6,158	1,783
BLANDFORD	18.10%	337	850	154
BOLTON	20.50%	301	3,250	665
BOSTON	55.30%	4	371,146	205,199
BOURNE	23.20%	252	13,189	3,065
BOXBOROUGH	24.20%	224	3,406	824
BOXFORD	15.80%	347	5,980	947
BOYLSTON	19.80%	314	3,101	613
BRAINTREE	37.60%	51	25,269	9,493
BREWSTER	25.30%	198	8,048	2,036
BRIDGEWATER	26.90%	176	15,679	4,210
BRIMFIELD	22.00%	279	2,581	569
BROCKTON	50.50%	11	53,304	26,902
BROOKFIELD	21.80%	287	2,320	505
BROOKLINE	48.40%	16	41,066	19,873
BUCKLAND	26.90%	176	1,299	349
BURLINGTON	31.00%	116	16,378	5,072
CAMBRIDGE	58.60%	1	62,832	36,805
CANTON	34.00%	91	15,411	5,235
CARLISLE	25.00%	207	3,704	927
CARVER	24.30%	221	8,854	2,148
CHARLEMONT	22.40%	271	831	186
CHARLTON	20.50%	301	9,168	1,878
CHATHAM	20.00%	311	5,641	1,128
CHELMSFORD	24.40%	220	23,699	5,788
CHELSEA	55.30%	4	12,003	6,641
CHESHIRE	27.90%	159	2,317	646
CHESTER	20.80%	298	925	192
CHESTERFIELD	22.80%	261	857	195
CHICOPEE	41.20%	38	34,645	14,265
CHILMARK	44.10%	31	878	387
CLARKSBURG	21.20%	296	1,136	241
CLINTON	34.60%	83	9,506	3,291
COHASSET	22.20%	274	5,516	1,226
COLRAIN	24.60%	217	1,175	289
CONCORD	35.30%	72	12,255	4,328
CONWAY	38.30%	49	1,518	582
CUMMINGTON	23.90%	232	641	153
DALTON	30.50%	121	4,580	1,399
DANVERS	23.70%	235	18,256	4,320
DARTMOUTH	37.70%	50	23,989	9,049
DEDHAM	37.10%	56	16,714	6,195
DEERFIELD	30.80%	118	3,639	1,119
DENNIS	25.00%	207	11,593	2,897
DIGHTON	25.90%	191	4,639	1,201
DOUGLAS	19.70%	316	6,310	1,241
DOVER	19.20%	324	3,955	758
DRACUT	32.10%	110	20,117	6,465
DUDLEY	28.30%	154	7,037	1,992
DUNSTABLE	18.90%	328	2,164	410
DUXBURY	20.00%	311	11,080	2,213
EAST BRIDGEWATER	23.70%	235	9,236	2,190
EAST BROOKFIELD	22.00%	279	1,512	332
EASTHAM	28.70%	148	4,276	1,228
EASTHAMPTON	35.10%	77	11,439	4,010
EAST LONGMEADOW	28.50%	150	11,145	3,171
EASTON	27.00%	175	15,141	4,090
EDGARTOWN	34.00%	91	3,228	1,096
EGREMONT	36.90%	58	948	350
ERVING	23.40%	248	1,105	259
ESSEX	20.50%	301	2,613	536
EVERETT	51.50%	9	18,995	9,787
FAIRHAVEN	35.50%	71	10,890	3,864
FALL RIVER	56.50%	3	49,203	27,796
FALMOUTH	30.00%	127	26,038	7,810
FITCHBURG	33.90%	95	20,359	6,894
FLORIDA	21.10%	297	549	116
FOXBOROUGH	24.30%	221	11,471	2,787
FRAMINGHAM	36.70%	60	34,846	12,784
FRANKLIN	23.30%	250	20,083	4,681
FREETOWN	27.20%	171	6,459	1,759
GARDNER	34.20%	88	11,440	3,917
GEORGETOWN	23.60%	244	5,982	1,412
GILL	29.90%	129	1,074	321
GLOUCESTER	29.20%	139	20,004	5,845
GOSHEN	25.20%	199	722	182
GOSNOLD	13.90%	350	144	20
GRAFTON	23.70%	235	11,665	2,769
GRANBY	25.70%	194	4,521	1,161
GRANVILLE	15.10%	348	1,148	173
GREAT BARRINGTON	39.60%	44	4,525	1,793
GREENFIELD	33.80%	96	11,479	3,875
GROTON	22.70%	265	7,325	1,666
GROVELAND	22.80%	261	4,779	1,092
HADLEY	36.60%	62	3,685	1,347
HALIFAX	23.40%	248	5,630	1,319
HAMILTON	17.80%	338	5,750	1,022
HAMPDEN	21.70%	289	3,627	787
HANCOCK	24.00%	229	513	123
HANOVER	23.70%	235	9,374	2,223
HANSON	23.00%	258	6,815	1,568
HARDWICK	24.30%	221	1,790	435
HARVARD	24.90%	210	4,080	1,015
HARWICH	25.20%	199	10,202	2,570
HATFIELD	36.40%	65	2,509	913
HAVERHILL	30.40%	122	41,161	12,504
HAWLEY	16.30%	343	227	37
HEATH	29.00%	142	513	149
HINGHAM	25.20%	199	16,062	4,043
HINSDALE	26.50%	181	1,424	378
HOLBROOK	34.00%	91	7,022	2,388
HOLDEN	22.10%	276	12,559	2,775
HOLLAND	20.70%	299	1,796	371
HOLLISTON	27.70%	166	9,994	2,768
HOLYOKE	45.70%	25	24,811	11,332
HOPEDALE	22.10%	276	3,942	872
HOPKINTON	23.00%	258	9,833	2,262
HUBBARDSTON	17.50%	339	3,047	533
HUDSON	24.20%	224	12,661	3,067
HULL	35.20%	73	8,007	2,817
HUNTINGTON	20.20%	307	1,418	286
IPSWICH	22.60%	268	10,099	2,285
KINGSTON	24.00%	229	8,629	2,071
LAKEVILLE	19.80%	314	7,462	1,475
LANCASTER	20.00%	311	4,683	936
LANESBOROUGH	29.40%	134	2,194	646
LAWRENCE	54.60%	7	36,791	20,092
LEE	29.20%	139	3,986	1,163
LEICESTER	31.20%	113	7,322	2,284
LENOX	43.70%	32	3,723	1,627
LEOMINSTER	29.30%	137	27,371	8,032
LEVERETT	47.60%	18	1,432	681
LEXINGTON	39.80%	43	21,509	8,565
LEYDEN	23.10%	253	562	130
LINCOLN	34.90%	80	4,422	1,542
LITTLETON	23.70%	235	6,166	1,459
LONGMEADOW	32.90%	102	11,988	3,944
LOWELL	40.60%	39	53,184	21,576
LUDLOW	42.90%	34	13,828	5,931
LUNENBURG	20.50%	301	7,050	1,446
LYNN	47.50%	19	49,313	23,410
LYNNFIELD	22.00%	279	8,993	1,980
MALDEN	45.10%	27	29,371	13,236
MANCHESTER-BY-THE-SEA	22.00%	279	3,973	875
MANSFIELD	25.90%	191	14,427	3,732
MARBLEHEAD	27.10%	173	14,769	4,004
MARION	23.80%	233	3,703	882
MARLBOROUGH	30.80%	118	20,284	6,238
MARSHFIELD	26.20%	185	17,957	4,697
MASHPEE	26.20%	185	10,344	2,712
MATTAPOISETT	24.00%	229	4,946	1,188
MAYNARD	32.30%	108	7,436	2,403
MEDFIELD	20.60%	300	8,395	1,728
MEDFORD	46.10%	23	35,107	16,180
MEDWAY	22.70%	265	9,094	2,063
MELROSE	35.60%	70	19,183	6,829
MENDON	19.70%	316	4,238	834
MERRIMAC	23.10%	253	4,476	1,032
METHUEN	38.70%	48	29,559	11,437
MIDDLEBOROUGH	21.40%	292	15,683	3,361
MIDDLEFIELD	28.60%	149	370	106
MIDDLETON	22.30%	273	5,521	1,232
MILFORD	32.50%	106	16,758	5,440
MILLBURY	29.90%	129	8,777	2,625
MILLIS	26.40%	182	5,519	1,459
MILLVILLE	20.10%	309	1,845	370
MILTON	46.60%	21	18,461	8,609
MONROE	11.60%	351	69	8
MONSON	29.40%	134	5,684	1,671
MONTAGUE	33.60%	99	5,872	1,973
MONTEREY	41.30%	37	705	291
MONTGOMERY	16.10%	345	576	93
MOUNT WASHINGTON	33.80%	96	130	44
NAHANT	37.50%	53	2,549	956
NANTUCKET	28.80%	147	7,931	2,283
NATICK	34.10%	89	23,001	7,849
NEEDHAM	34.50%	84	20,774	7,162
NEW ASHFORD	18.60%	331	177	33
NEW BEDFORD	50.80%	10	57,559	29,240
NEW BRAINTREE	21.40%	292	706	151
NEWBURY	22.10%	276	5,088	1,126
NEWBURYPORT	31.10%	115	13,053	4,056
NEW MARLBOROUGH	27.80%	164	1,134	315
NEW SALEM	23.60%	244	775	183
NEWTON	46.20%	22	55,915	25,834
NORFOLK	20.20%	307	6,400	1,295
NORTH ADAMS	35.00%	78	9,071	3,178
NORTHAMPTON	50.10%	12	19,575	9,816
NORTH ANDOVER	24.70%	215	18,098	4,478
NORTH ATTLEBOROUGH	21.90%	285	18,668	4,082
NORTHBOROUGH	22.80%	261	10,079	2,300
NORTHBRIDGE	22.20%	274	10,396	2,313
NORTH BROOKFIELD	21.50%	290	3,303	709
NORTHFIELD	24.10%	227	2,129	514
NORTH READING	26.30%	183	10,416	2,739
NORTON	22.80%	261	11,569	2,643
NORWELL	23.70%	235	7,398	1,754
NORWOOD	35.20%	73	20,093	7,069
OAK BLUFFS	35.20%	73	3,365	1,186
OAKHAM	16.00%	346	1,330	213
ORANGE	22.70%	265	4,911	1,117
ORLEANS	24.70%	215	5,425	1,338
OTIS	24.90%	210	1,096	273
OXFORD	27.40%	168	8,815	2,412
PALMER	30.20%	123	8,082	2,437
PAXTON	26.00%	189	3,166	823
PEABODY	34.30%	87	34,513	11,847
PELHAM	47.00%	20	1,168	549
PEMBROKE	24.90%	210	12,166	3,024
PEPPERELL	21.40%	292	8,192	1,753
PERU	21.80%	287	595	130
PETERSHAM	23.30%	250	956	223
PHILLIPSTON	17.30%	341	1,181	204
PITTSFIELD	45.10%	27	28,988	13,065
PLAINFIELD	26.30%	183	457	120
PLAINVILLE	22.00%	279	5,576	1,226
PLYMOUTH	25.00%	207	37,728	9,418
PLYMPTON	16.90%	342	2,038	344
PRINCETON	18.40%	334	2,770	509
PROVINCETOWN	57.60%	2	2,863	1,649
QUINCY	42.40%	35	63,228	26,830
RANDOLPH	49.80%	13	19,302	9,608
RAYNHAM	24.60%	217	9,305	2,292
READING	31.70%	112	16,861	5,347
REHOBOTH	19.30%	323	8,473	1,638
REVERE	49.50%	14	24,541	12,140
RICHMOND	33.20%	100	1,194	397
ROCHESTER	19.40%	321	3,949	766
ROCKLAND	27.90%	159	11,997	3,342
ROCKPORT	25.10%	204	5,630	1,415
ROWE	20.50%	301	298	61
ROWLEY	18.60%	331	4,264	792
ROYALSTON	15.10%	348	867	131
RUSSELL	19.70%	316	1,015	200
RUTLAND	21.50%	290	5,452	1,171
SALEM	40.10%	41	25,515	10,230
SALISBURY	25.40%	197	6,044	1,535
SANDISFIELD	36.20%	66	591	214
SANDWICH	21.90%	285	15,342	3,362
SAUGUS	35.00%	78	17,645	6,176
SAVOY	19.20%	324	510	98
SCITUATE	27.20%	171	13,171	3,578
SEEKONK	22.60%	268	9,664	2,188
SHARON	34.10%	89	12,437	4,236
SHEFFIELD	28.90%	145	2,217	640
SHELBURNE	28.40%	152	1,379	392
SHERBORN	25.10%	204	3,072	771
SHIRLEY	22.60%	268	3,981	901
SHREWSBURY	28.50%	150	22,393	6,373
SHUTESBURY	45.10%	27	1,426	643
SOMERSET	40.50%	40	13,567	5,500
SOMERVILLE	54.80%	6	43,244	23,699
SOUTHAMPTON	24.90%	210	4,067	1,011
SOUTHBOROUGH	23.70%	235	6,759	1,601
SOUTHBRIDGE	37.20%	55	12,065	4,494
SOUTH HADLEY	32.70%	104	11,037	3,608
SOUTHWICK	23.80%	233	6,226	1,484
SPENCER	27.10%	173	7,783	2,107
SPRINGFIELD	52.10%	8	91,780	47,780
STERLING	19.10%	326	5,708	1,089
STOCKBRIDGE	43.60%	33	1,487	648
STONEHAM	34.40%	85	15,128	5,208
STOUGHTON	36.00%	68	17,603	6,331
STOW	24.10%	227	4,772	1,149
STURBRIDGE	25.80%	193	6,441	1,660
SUDBURY	28.10%	156	12,033	3,380
SUNDERLAND	36.50%	64	2,379	869
SUTTON	18.40%	334	6,743	1,244
SWAMPSCOTT	33.20%	100	10,282	3,418
SWANSEA	34.00%	91	11,716	3,989
TAUNTON	34.90%	80	32,965	11,512
TEMPLETON	22.00%	279	5,037	1,110
TEWKSBURY	30.00%	127	20,474	6,134
TISBURY	36.70%	60	3,185	1,168
TOLLAND	19.70%	316	340	67
TOPSFIELD	18.60%	331	4,341	806
TOWNSEND	17.40%	340	6,213	1,079
TRURO	37.50%	53	1,716	643
TYNGSBOROUGH	23.70%	235	8,101	1,923
TYRINGHAM	29.00%	142	300	87
UPTON	20.10%	309	4,958	996
UXBRIDGE	23.10%	253	9,959	2,303
WAKEFIELD	32.30%	108	16,774	5,413
WALES	19.10%	326	1,285	246
WALPOLE	25.60%	195	16,355	4,186
WALTHAM	35.80%	69	35,100	12,556
WARE	32.90%	102	6,381	2,100
WAREHAM	27.80%	164	15,285	4,246
WARREN	26.70%	178	3,095	825
WARWICK	24.60%	217	537	132
WASHINGTON	32.50%	106	434	141
WATERTOWN	45.90%	24	21,437	9,832
WAYLAND	29.20%	139	10,095	2,951
WEBSTER	31.00%	116	11,573	3,589
WELLESLEY	30.20%	123	17,937	5,410
WELLFLEET	39.00%	47	2,577	1,004
WENDELL	32.60%	105	681	222
WENHAM	18.90%	328	2,782	525
WESTBOROUGH	26.00%	189	11,406	2,966
WEST BOYLSTON	21.30%	295	4,945	1,055
WEST BRIDGEWATER	22.40%	271	5,079	1,136
WEST BROOKFIELD	23.60%	244	2,602	613
WESTFIELD	29.90%	129	23,577	7,050
WESTFORD	23.10%	253	15,276	3,525
WESTHAMPTON	18.70%	330	1,223	229
WESTMINSTER	19.60%	320	5,480	1,073
WEST NEWBURY	24.20%	224	3,268	792
WESTON	24.80%	214	7,885	1,958
WESTPORT	39.60%	44	11,711	4,642
WEST SPRINGFIELD	32.10%	110	16,960	5,442
WEST STOCKBRIDGE	35.20%	73	1,053	371
WEST TISBURY	40.10%	41	2,311	926
WESTWOOD	27.30%	169	10,242	2,795
WEYMOUTH	34.40%	85	34,258	11,795
WHATELY	30.10%	126	1,127	339
WHITMAN	26.20%	185	9,648	2,530
WILBRAHAM	29.40%	134	10,328	3,039
WILLIAMSBURG	37.10%	56	1,912	710
WILLIAMSTOWN	44.60%	30	4,584	2,043
WILMINGTON	28.00%	157	15,550	4,355
WINCHENDON	22.90%	260	6,777	1,549
WINCHESTER	30.60%	120	14,753	4,511
WINDSOR	25.20%	199	659	166
WINTHROP	41.70%	36	11,078	4,617
WOBURN	37.60%	51	25,146	9,458
WORCESTER	45.50%	26	94,090	42,786
WORTHINGTON	27.30%	169	917	250
WRENTHAM	20.40%	306	7,611	1,553
YARMOUTH	26.70%	178	18,031	4,817

SOURCE: State Elections Division